"Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."
"How do you know that?"
"Well, for one thing, I can bend it."
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Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.
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